Seek /(?)/

Seek

a.
  1. Sick. [Obs.]

Seek

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Sought; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeking

  1. To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find.
    The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethren.
    — Gen. xxxvii. 15, 16.
  2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
    Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign.
    — Luke xi. 16.
  3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.
  4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
    Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal.
    — Amos v. 5.
    Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains.

Seek

v. i.
  1. To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery.
    Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read.
    — Isa. xxxiv. 16.
    To seek Upon a man and do his soul unrest.

Phrases & Compounds
To seek
needing to seek or search; hence, unprepared.
To seek after
to make pursuit of; to attempt to find or take.
To seek for
to endeavor to find.
To seek to
to apply to; to resort to; to court.
To seek upon
to make strict inquiry after; to follow up; to persecute.